Venture Capital is the lifeblood of all commercial enterprises. By Venture Capital we mean capital from all private sources starting with the "Three F's" Friends, Fools and Family members. After the three F's have been utilized the next form of Venture Capital may come from the proverbial Angel Investor, by Angel Investor we mean those private investors that invest in early or "seed" stage ventures. The amounts they invest will vary and the types of companies they invest in are as varied as the angels themselves. A typical angel investor will invest far less than one million dollars into anyone venture. Angels are often located by referral only from trusted attorneys, accountants or prior business partners. Finally, true Venture Capitalists are usually defined to mean professionals who themselves raise large pools of money from pension funds, insurance companies, and other financial institutions. They in turn seek out high-risk, high-return typically larger investments for their investors.

The attorneys at Jacobs & Associates have assisted its clients in obtaining funding from all three of these funding sources.

Our services in this area include:

• creating a sound corporate structure into which an investment can be made and secured;
  
  
• reviewing and or preparing cogent business plans to effectively communicate our client's business, its goods, services, ideas, management team, competitive strengths, weaknesses, prospects and most of all why it deserves the investors' cold hard cash;
  
  
• locating suitable investors who are knowledgeable about our client's business and who can provide more resources than just money;
  
  
• advising our clients on valuation issues; and
  
  
• negotiating on our clients' behalf all of the other critical terms and conditions which appear in virtually all investment term sheets and investment documents.

While most investments occur through personal introductions from trusted advisors, those succeeding in today's global economy recognize that there are resources and opportunities all over the world. The Internet has now enabled those far flung resources and opportunities to be aggregated and "discovered" by anyone from anywhere. Recognizing this phenomenon, we created WWW.VENTURE-CAPITALIST.COM a no-nonsense web site containing two searchable databases for the purpose of bringing entrepreneurs and investors together from all parts of the world. The response was tremendous. As a result of the activity surrounding our venture capital site, we are constantly in the middle of significant deal flow and early stage opportunities.